diff --git a/array.c b/array.c
index fc104388da..1d77615bab 100644
--- a/array.c
+++ b/array.c
@@ -6701,7 +6701,7 @@ rb_ary_shuffle_bang(rb_execution_context_t *ec, VALUE ary, VALUE randgen)
     rb_ary_modify(ary);
     i = len = RARRAY_LEN(ary);
     RARRAY_PTR_USE(ary, ptr, {
-        while (i) {
+        while (i > 1) {
             long j = RAND_UPTO(i);
             VALUE tmp;
             if (len != RARRAY_LEN(ary) || ptr != RARRAY_CONST_PTR(ary)) {